Hobby Lobby and other employers are not “getting between” a patient and a doctor. Rather, the federal government, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that unlike any other medication, birth control should be provided free of charge to any one who wants it. Preventing childbirth is a high priority for this administration, and so, when the rules were written, they mandated that every insurance policy provide free birth control.

Diabetes is a major disease in this country, but free insulin was not mandated. Heart disease is a major killer, but drugs for preventing it and reducing its dangers were not mandated. Why is birth control such a high priority for our government, when preventing and managing disease (and isn’t that what health care is about?) is apparently not? Child birth is not a disease, it is a natural process unless you use birth control or have an abortion. Too many people today see children as a burden and an imposition, rather than seeing them as our future.

Dennis Neylon

Just because you work for someone or something, doesn’t mean that they can dictate what you do outside of work. Yes, they can say no drinking or drugs on the job, but you can do what you want with your own money. Companies should not force their religious beliefs down their employees’ throats. What everybody seems to be missing is that no one is forced to use contraception. And with everyone having the same coverage it lowers the cost for all of us.

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Linda Losik

Why should anyone be required to pay for another person’s contraception? Dr. Johnson talks about your boss being in charge of your health care instead of your physician. Apparently, he has no problem with a bureaucrat being in charge of your health care instead of a physician.

Nancy Stanton

Contraceptives are used to treat a host of conditions besides birth control, such as abnormal uterine bleeding, painful menstruation and menstrual-related migraines. Avoiding unplanned pregnancy is a legitimate health concern for women. This corporation is simply trying to avoid the cost of providing this coverage for women. If men had these issues, I doubt the payment issue would be in question.

Veronica Mallett

This is not about religious freedom. It’s about corporations trying to break the law if they don’t like them. It’s about discriminating against women. If the Supreme Court doesn’t rule against Hobby Lobby and the other corporations trying filing these suits, they’ll open a Pandora’s box where corporations push their views on their employees and discriminate against certain employees.

Annette Davis

I think it’s simple, if I were an employer and I didn’t agree with this, I’d stop providing health care. Give everyone a health bonus and let them go to the exchange.